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  Defect Investigation of Electric Power Steering Failure

Investigation of Electric Power Steering Failure

Subject: Electric power steering failure
Components covered:
  • Steering electric power assist system
Investigations Summary: The office of defects investigation (odi) has identified 24 unique VIN complaints (voqs) alleging loss of power steering and/or sudden increase in steering effort in model year (my) 2013 Honda accord vehicles. Four complaints allege that the failures resulted in crashes, which all occurred at speeds less than 30 mph. Odi has also identified related information in early warning reporting field report data submitted by Honda. Just over half (13) of the voqs indicated observing a power steering warning message as the failure occurred. Some voqs reported that the condition was corrected by turning the vehicle off and restarting. However, several indicate the condition returned again after restart. A preliminary evaluation has been opened to assess the scope, frequency and safety consequences of the alleged defect. The voqs associated with this resume are, including duplicates which are shown in parentheses next to original complaint:10648623, 10644762, 10643217, 10640012, 10639543, 10630852, 10629629, 10627926, 10627922, 10626999, 10622418, 10608752, 10605909, 10595068, 10588425, 10583855, 10563724, 10553641 (10553779), 10547436, 10545177 (10566479), 10542360, 10537336, 10519960, 10515618 (10515696)
Vehicles Affected by this investigation:
  • 2013 Honda Accord
  • 2014 Honda Accord

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